Xerox Ducati Michel Fabrizio set the unofficial fastest time on the first day of testing at Monza, lapping s tenth faster than team-mate Noriyuki Haga who was, in turn, a tenth quicker than World Superbike Championship rival Ben Spies.

Despite a wet start to the day on a dirty track, the Italian quickly got down to some quick times using some new settings that he says he feels very comfortable with.

“It hasn’t gone at all badly; we tried a new setting and I feel much more comfortable using that. We also tested all the tyres that Pirelli brought for us to use and I had a good pace and completed some consistently fast laps, with times in the high 1m45/low 1m46 bracket. We were going faster than we did during the race here last year so I’m satisfied with today’s progress," said Fabrizio.

Unofficial times:

Michel Fabrizio (Ducati) 1m45.7s
Noriyuki Haga (Ducati) 1m45.8s
Ben Spies (Yamaha) 1m45.9s
Tom Sykes (Yamaha) 1m45.9s
Max Neukirchner (Suzuki) 1m46.3s
Troy Corser (BMW) 1m46.3s
Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki) 1m46.8s
karl Muggeridge (Suzuki) 1m47.1s
Ruben Xaus (BMW) 1m47.2s